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The Freedom riverbank cleanup and restoration: help our volunteer crew
Help us clean and replant the Freedom riverbank before the September planting window closes.
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The Freedom riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 83 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 123 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the district council, including native species selected by a local botanist.
The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade.
All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $350 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $180
• Tools and protective gear: $40
• Waste removal and skip hire: $95
• Signage and educational materials: $35
Thank you so much.
Updates from Otieno
Small update. $215 so far, I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
Update from Gulu: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 40% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Quick update: $110 raised so far (31%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Anna S. Carlson 🇺🇸 · $44
- Lâm Bình Chau 🇻🇳 · $5
- Sana Javeria Bhatti 🇵🇰 · $20
- Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $25
- Santiago N. Moreno 🇦🇷 · $50
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $10
- Anderson Otávio Leite 🇧🇷 · $20
- Emily P. Quarles 🇺🇸 · $10
- Fitria Yuni Ramadhan 🇮🇩 · $31
“Best of luck. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Kediri”
- Thu Trinh Phan 🇻🇳 · $68.50
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can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Gulu
Thank you. If you're in Gulu I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Happy to explain more.
Sending strength, Otieno. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. God bless.
wishing you peace, Otieno. Hope this works out for you. God bless.
Sending strength. It takes guts to ask. Well done. All the best
So sorry you're going through this, Otieno. I hope things turn around soon. It's not much but it's yours. Thinking of Gulu
Hang in there. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I have a 11 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of Gulu.
hope it all works out, Otieno. Hope this works out for you. I have a 13 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Love from Gazipur.
thinking of you and your family, Otieno. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.
thinking of you, Otieno. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in!